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Australia

Medical Records

Online Resources

• 1883-1915 - Australasia, Medical Directories, 1883-1915 at Ancestry ($), index and images.

New South Wales Online Records

• Sydney Benevolent Asylum Records at Sydney Benevolent Asylum; index
• New South Wales, Australia Hospital & Asylum Records at Ancestry; index & images ($)
• New South Wales, Australia Registers for the Randwick Asylum for Destitute Children at Ancestry; index & images ($)
• 1811-1865 -Reports of medical establishments of New South Wales, 1811-1865 at FamilySearch, images.
• 1926-1954 - Nurses index 1926-1954, at NSW Archives, index.

Queensland Online Records

• Queensland, Hospital Registers at FindMyPast ($), index.
• Lazaret Patient Registers, index.
• 1830-1862 - Register of Cases & Treatment 1830-1862 (Moreton Bay), index.
• 1859-1927 - Dunwich Benevolent Asylum Index 1859-1927, index.
• 1872-1887 - Brisbane Hospital Admissions 1872-1887, index.
• 1889-1911 - Brisbane Gaol Hospital admission registers 1889-1911, index.
• 1891-1908 - Mackay Hospital Hospital Admissions 1891-1908, index.
• 1897-1903 - Consumptive patients index 1897-1903, index.
• 1899-1913 - Brisbane Hospital registers of deaths 1899-1913, index.
• 1899-1948 - Indigence cases, Department of Health, 1899 to 1948, index. This open data file alphabetically lists the names of indigents as recorded in the correspondence and papers within the general correspondence of the Colonial Secretary's/Home Secretary's Office, and subsequent Departments of Health, during the period 1899 to 1948.
• 1900-1931 - Dental Board 1900-1931, index.
• 1903-1925 - Dentist Apprentices 1903-1925, index.
• 1903-1932 - Dentists 1903-1932, index.
• 1912-1925 - Nurses examinations 1912-1925, index.
• 1918-1919 - Index to Wallangarra Flu Camp 1918-1919, index.
• 1933-1963 - Brisbane Hospital Registers Deaths 1933-1963, index.

South Australia Online Records

• 1839-1940 - Hospital, Asylum and Lying-in Home Admissions in Genealogy SA Online Database, .pdf on Contents
• 1840-1952 - Australia, South Australia, Adelaide, Admission registers, Adelaide Hospital, later Royal Adelaide Hospital, 1840-1952 at FamilySearch, images. Also at State Archives in .pdf form.
• 1841-1952 - South Australia, Australia, Adelaide Hospital Admission Registers, 1841-1952 at Ancestry ($), index and images.
• 1845-1921 - Index for GRS 13461 - Admission papers - Colonial Lunatic Asylum, Adelaide and Parkside Lunatic Asylums, Parkside Mental Hospital and Glenside Hospital, 1845 - 1921 State Archives
• 1853-1892 - Index for GRG 36/53 Lunacy petitions, numerical series, 1853-1892 State Archives
• 1868-1924 - Index for GRG 78/57 - Case books, Adelaide Hospital, 1868-1924 - B - W State Archives

Tasmania Online Records

• Deaths (1803-1939) Includes return of deaths for the General Hospital Hobart among other records (specific date coverage unknown).
• 1830-1952 - Patients and attendants at various hospitals and community welfare institutions, 1830-1952 at Libraries Tasmania, index and images.
• 1843-1933 - Australia, Tasmania, Patient records, admissions registers, 1843-1933 at FamilySearch, images and index.
• 1861-1866 - Register of cases admitted to hospital on the authority of the Colonial Secretary, Jan 1861-Jan 1866, Tasmania at FamilySearch, images
• 1897-1902 - Alphabetical lists showing people listed as colonial and imperial invalids each month, Sep 1897-Sep 1902 at FamilySearch, images
• 1922 - Tasmanian Dentists - Surgeon 1922 index.
• 1938-1974 - PRESTON State School Enrollments 1938-1974

Types and Content of Medical Records

• Medical records for Australia include hospital and asylum records, infectious disease registers, and annual alphabetical lists of invalids.
• Of particular genealogical value are the registers of hospitals and asylums. These registers usually include the patient’s name, sex, age, marital condition, residence, occupation, and religion. Other details may be listed, such as the patient’s admission and discharge dates, cause for admission, death date (if the patient died while in the hospital or asylum), place of origin, ship and port of arrival, and miscellaneous remarks.
• Some medical records have been indexed.

FamilySearch

The FamilySeach Library has collected some medical records and indexes to medical records, including those for hospitals and asylums. These records are listed in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:

• AUSTRALIA- MEDICAL RECORDS
• AUSTRALIA, [STATE]- MEDICAL RECORDS
• AUSTRALIA, [STATE], [TOWN]- MEDICAL RECORDS

Indexes, where available, are listed by Place Search in the FamilySearch Catalog under:

• AUSTRALIA, [STATE]- MEDICAL RECORDS - INDEXES
• AUSTRALIA, [STATE], [TOWN]- MEDICAL RECORDS - INDEXES

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